Saturday, October 27, 2007

Pumpkins!

Yesterday we went on a pumpkin picking field trip See post here Not only did we get big pumpkins for the price of admission but I was able to pick of a bag of fresh produce too! For $10.00 we got a large size Kunia Sweet Watermelon, 6 ears of Ewa Sweet corn, 4 large green peppers and a bag of Ewa sweet onions!

My DH and DS are looking forward to carving Jack-o-Lanterns. What I am looking forward to is pumpkin soup.

Directions:1. In a covered saucepan, heat the stock, cubed pumpkin, onion, garlic, salt, thyme, and peppercorns to boiling; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes.2. Remove 1/2 cup of the pumpkin with a slotted spoon; reserve.3. Simmer remaining pumpkin mixture, uncovered, 20 minutes longer; transfer to a large bowl.4. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.5. Cut the top off the sugar pumpkin and remove the seeds.6. Place the pumpkin on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes; set aside in a warm spot.7. Puree 2 cups of the pumpkin mixture in a blender or food processor; return pureed mixture to the pot.8. Repeat with remaining pumpkin mixture.9. Heat pureed mixture to boiling; reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.10. Stir warm cream and reserved pumpkin into soup.11. Place the warmed sugar pumpkin on a platter; ladle the soup in and garnish with parsley.12. Serve hot.